Learn Excel 2010 Expert Skills with The Smart Method: Courseware Tutorial teaching Advanced Techniques

by Mike Smart

This book is for users who want to upgrade their basic Excel skills to true expert level. It will teach you to master all of Excel s advanced features. If you are an absolute beginner you need our Essential Skills book.

The book is very, very different to any other computer book you have ever read. The Smart Method provides an entirely new and better way to master advanced Excel features. Here s just four of the many ways in which the book is unique: This book won t waste your time by teaching basic Excel skills that you already know. All of that material is covered already in our beginner s Essential Skills book. By assuming that you are already able to use Excel s basic features, far more ground can be covered.This is the only book that is also available as a low-cost video (DVD). Each can be used as a stand-alone product, but together they provide an incredibly powerful learning experience. Instruction is logically structured into sessions and lessons. While this makes the book ideal for self-instruction, you can also use it to run your own, highly effective, adult training courses.Every lesson is presented on two facing sheets of A4 paper (the pages are much bigger than in any other Excel book).Each lesson has a sample file that models a real-world business problem. You ll immediately appreciate the value and relevance of each skill you learn.

Advanced concepts are explained without needless technical jargon. Everything is concisely described in a simple, no-nonsense way. No matter what your background is, this book will enable you to master Excel's most advanced features.

Amongst other things you'll learn how to: Visually filter data using Excel 2010's new Slicers Master dynamic tables and structured table referencesEnforce complex business rules using function-driven custom validationsPerform What-If analysis to model and compare business scenariosUse advanced functions to solve real-world business problemsEliminate errors using Excel s advanced formula auditing toolsCreate intuitive user interfaces using form controlsUse Excel 2010's new ability to completely custom-design Ribbon tabsRecord macros and then execute them from button controlsUnderstand and use all of Excel s security featuresDesign advanced Pivot Tables and Pivot ChartsCreate and use dynamic and table-based range names

Companies who have taken Smart Method courses include:

AOL Time Warner, The United States Army, Daimler Chrysler, Motorola, HSBC, Barclays, American Express, Allied Irish Banks, Imperial Tobacco, Volvo, The BBC, British Petroleum, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Unilever, The Institute of Chartered Accountants, The Ministry of Defence, Keele University, Deutsche Bank, HBOS, Transport For London, The Performing Rights Society, Scottish Power, The Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, BAE Systems, RBS, Marks & Spencer, Virgin, O2, BMW... and many, many others.

373 pages, Paperback

First published October 19, 2011

Reviews

[Kamal Yagubov · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very solid beginner's guide to Excel. I wish I had this book when I was just starting out, it would have proven to be a very useful manual. Since I've already been using Excel for a while, I didn't find it as much of a value-add, hence the 3 stars. "Expert Skills" in the title is a bit misleading, or at least what I would consider expert skills would be far beyond the scope of this book.

[Sonya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I pushed myself to finish this lesson book in 3 days... and boy was it worth it. I can safely say, I am VERY CONFIDENT in my way around excel...